GRE Word List
MALADROIT
lacking adroitness : inept
The meaning of the word maladroit is lacking adroitness : inept.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |